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Oct
02
2011
Chris Ward, from the L&BRT Thames Valley support group, has published the latest group newsletter, see HERE
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Work in Progress: 29 September

Oct
02
2011
This week North Devon, West Exmoor and most of the UK is enjoying an 'Indian Summer' heatwave. The weather is unseasonally hot making up for the poor unsettled weather of earlier in the summer.
 
For the L&B volunteers today, the tasks were to return the railway and Woody Bay Station site to relative nomality after the hugely successful Autumn Steam Gala last weekend.
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2011 Autumn Gala: 25+ minutes video, many photos

Sep
25
2011
 

See this YouTube video by "UKWMO" from the Gala on Saturday

These flickr photos from member Clive Roper
These videos and photos are from Trevor Garnham (TAG Video):

A short introduction ... :



... and this longer version, in six parts:
 








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Lilla Arrives / "Lilla" stolen!

Sep
21
2011

"LILLA" STOLEN!

With a rather cruelly ironic timing, what with LILLA appearing at Woody Bay this weekend, a 7.25" gauge model of "Lilla" has been reported stolen from a model engineering society in Melton Mowbray. 

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Work in Progress: 15 September

Sep
20
2011

More preparations for the coming weekend Autumn Gala


1. An extension to the tea rooms canopy tent was erected in the morning.  The plan at this years Gala are to have the Beer Tent, Barbecue and outside catering all within the tents by the station.

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NWAG at WH&FR Superpower Event

Sep
13
2011
A brief (?) report on our weekend.

We had a very good time, with a stand in Dinas Goods shed, which contained a refreshment room facility, as well as Jonathan Clay prints, Nigel Bird Books, WHR(P) 590 Fund, and FR/WHR book/video stand.

For some reason, unexplained, there was a continuous showing of The Titfield Thunderbolt, and a small model of a scene from the film. No one ever seemed to man the stand, and hardly anyone looked at it for any length of time.
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Work in Progress: 8 September

Sep
11
2011
With a good size gang available today, as the indoor shed group continued work on the rolling stock projects, the outdoor gang were tasked with another small re-railing project at Woody Bay.
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Work in Progress: 1st September

Sep
09
2011
Slightly later than usual due to your roving reporter Nigel T being unduly busy with work and also experiencing some PC problems!  But surely the wait is worth it!

An assortment of jobs today for the gang at Woody Bay.  With the Autumn Steam Gala looming on the horizon now (24/25 Sept), many tasks involve sprucing up the station and preparing the site for this prestigious event.
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Lyd: First train in SR livery, W&FR Super-Power 2011

Sep
07
2011
And even more photos - this time from Bob Barnard.
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Fundraising fillips

Sep
06
2011

Generous L&B supporter and mysterious benefactor "Lyn Baldwin" has once again come up with some generous offers to encourage others to support various aspects of the project.

Lyncentives 4 / WebCamotivation 1

Particularly aimed at those who would like a 762 Club membership but can't afford £762, but can support a bigger than average donation to the Webcam appeal, and would like that scheme to succeed also.

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